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Timeline: Richard Williamson

Key moments in the traditionalist Catholic world — councils and documents, communities and their founders, media launches and controversies — each with its sources.

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Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) (Movement)
The Latin Mass movement (Movement)
Papal-critique and 'resistance' media (Movement)
Liturgy law: from the 1984 indult to Traditionis custodes (Theme)
The SSPX episcopal consecrations of 2026 (Developing story)
Bishop Strickland's removal (Developing story)
Leo XIV and the Latin Mass (Developing story)
European traditionalism (Movement)
Authority of the Second Vatican Council (Theme)
Ecclesia Dei communities (Movement)
Traditionalist Catholic online culture (Movement)
Judaism and antisemitism (Theme)

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1988

June 30Landmark
Archbishop Lefebvre consecrates four bishops at Écône without papal mandate
Archbishop Lefebvre, with Bishop Antônio de Castro Mayer, consecrated Bernard Fellay, Bernard Tissier de Mallerais, Richard Williamson and Alfonso de Galarreta as bishops at Écône without a papal mandate, despite a formal canonical warning sent on 17 June 1988 by the prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.
SourcesEcclesia Dei (July 2, 1988) (Holy See)Bernard Fellay (Wikipedia)

1988

Archbishop Lefebvre consecrates four bishops at Écône without papal mandate